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The Home Depot reported sales of $20.9 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, a 6.1 percent increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Comparable store sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 were positive 6.1 percent, and comp sales f…

Standox, one of the three premium global refinish brands of Axalta Coating Systems, will be exhibiting at Automechanika Dubai June 2 - 4. The year 2015 marks the brand’s 60th anniversary and for Standox, Automechanika Dubai is the ideal opportu…

PPG Industries’ packaging coatings business has announced that it will showcase INNOVEL HPS new generation spray coatings for the interior of beverage cans at Cannex & Fillex Asia Pacific in Guangzhou, China, June 1-4. PPG also will feature…

Wacker Polymers is to raise its prices for Vinnapas vinyl acetate homopolymer dispersions as well as Vinnapas vinyl acetate-ethylene and Vinnol ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Effectiv…

Hempel’s Hempadur AvantGuard product range won the New Product Innovation Award at Frost & Sullivan’s 2015 European Growth, Innovation and Leadership Awards. The award was presented at a banquet at the Royal Garden Hotel in London on…

GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for metal surface treatment chemicals in China is valued at over RMB 16.4 Bn, or USD 2.6 Bn, as of 2014 year end. The study finds that the market will continue to grow at a CAGR of 7% i…

The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), through its USGBC Students program and in partnership with Lucid, the Alliance to Save Energy and the National Wildlife Federation, is pleased to announce the results of the Cam…

Hempel’s HEMPADUR AvantGuard product range was named Materials Performance (MP) Corrosion Innovation of the Year for 2014 at the NACE Corrosion 2015 Conference and Exhibition. The award recognizes the products’ ability to significantly im…

Coating manufacturers seeking a more cost-effective and efficient process for producing solvent-free acrylic polyols were able to evaluate a new alternative at the European Coatings Show 2015 in Nuremberg, Germany. Using Cardura glycidyl ester as a s…

Munich-based chemicals group Wacker has expanded its technical center in Moscow, Russia. Auguste Willems of Wacker’s Executive Board and Dr. Christian Hartel, head of Wacker Silicones, dedicated the new service lab in the presence of several cu…

Troy Corporation will introduce new products at this year's Eastern Coatings Show 2015 in Atlantic City, NJ, June 1-4. Troy representatives will be available to discuss how Troy is Your Partner for Success, offering expert technical service and r…

GCiS China Strategic Research estimates that the domestic market for metal surface treatment chemicals in China is valued at over RMB 16.4 Bn, or USD 2.6 Bn, as of 2014 year end. The study finds that the market will continue to grow at a CAGR of 7% i…

SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association joined the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) Plastics Engineering Department recently on the show floor of NPE2015: The International Plastics Showcase in Orlando, Fla., to launch the UMass…

Residents of Hatay in Turkey have joined together with volunteers and AkzoNobel's Marshall paint brand to transform an area of their historic neighborhood.
Part of the company's global "Let's Colour" initiative, the recent ev…

J.W. Ostendorf (JWO) has integrated the third generation of the owning family into its management. Jan Ostendorf has been appointed managing director sales and marketing at JWO's headquarters in Coesfeld Westphalia. Jens Ostendorf has been named…

Cemen Tech has announced that the company will be featured on an upcoming segment of Manufacturing Marvels on The Fox Business Network. The piece will air May 21, 2015 act approximately 8:30 pm CST. The two minute Manufacturing Marvels segment…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a proposed rulemaking to approve a new occupational safety and health plan for Maine state and local employees. Under the OSH Act, state and local government employees are specifically e…

BASF has announced that Wintershall is ceasing its activities in Qatar and is returning Block 4 North near the North Field off the Qatari coast on May 25, 2015. Wintershall’s office in Doha will be closed. In 2013, Wintershall made the “A…

Polychem powder coatings has launched its new Translucent Collection. The Translucent Collection features 18 translucent effects designed to bring a depth of color while still allowing the metallic substrate below to shine through.
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